Warrior Woman | |
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Publication information | |
Publisher | Marvel Comics |
First appearance |
Invaders #16 (May 1977) (Julia Koenig) Invaders #17 (June 1977) (Warrior Woman) |
Created by |
Roy Thomas (Writer) Frank Robbins (Artist) |
In-story information | |
Alter ego | Julia Frieda Koenig Lohmer |
Team affiliations | Super-Axis |
Abilities | Excellent skills in espionage and hypnotism Enhanced strength and stamina |
Warrior Woman is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Warrior Woman first appears in Invaders #16 (May 1977) and was created by Roy Thomas and Frank Robbins.
Julia Koenig first appears in a multi-issue storyline in the title Invaders, posing as a servicewoman dating an American soldier in London during World War II. Koenig is revealed to be a Nazi spy, code named Madame Rätsel (Madame Mystery), who is sent to obtain information from a soldier who was also a cartoonist, and is suspected of knowing the secret of the Super-Soldier Serum, which originally empowered hero Captain America. The soldier is captured and interrogated by Koenig, who attempts to replicate the experiment in a laboratory. The materials used are unstable, and when a superior officer intervenes, trying to stop Koenig using the formula on herself, she whips him, accidentally throwing him into the machinery, causing an explosion that transforms Koenig into a female version of fellow Nazi agent Master Man (although courtesy of a higher level of exposure to the Serum, Master Man is physically superior). Koenig dubs herself Warrior Woman.
To celebrate the capture of superhero team the Invaders (in a prison in the German city of Berlin), Hitler insists Koenig and Master Man marry, his logic being that they are the progenitors of a new race. The ceremony, however, is interrupted when the priest is killed by rubble from a building damaged during a battle between the Invaders and German troops. Warrior Woman and Master Man retreat when confronted by the Human Torch, who becomes enraged when his ward Toro is wounded by gunfire. The character reappears in the final issue of the Invaders as part of a team formed by the Japanese spy Lady Lotus to battle the heroes - the Super-Axis.